Shameless Self-Promotion (Without the Shame)A Workshop for Artists

This professional development hands-on workshop will help artists identify their career goals, create appropriate promotional materials, and learn to present their work clearly and confidently. Topics covered include pricing work, approaching galleries, selling, networking, and more.

Workshop facilitator Eli Vandenberg is a working artist with an MFA from Pratt Institute who has been a social media and sales director at the Print Center in Philadelphia and serves on the Board of Directors for the Leeway Foundation, a grant making organization for artists.

Sessions will be held at the Flying Monkey TheaterLowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, Saturday April 9, 2016.

Session 1: 9:30 am - noon

Session 2: 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Registration and Fees:

$10 “Early Bird” registration for ALWCA Members ONLY through March 18th.

$20 open registration for non-members opens March 19th.

Each session will have only 10 participants, so spaces are limited!

Participants are to bring whatever kind of promotional materials they have (artist statement, portfolio, resume or cv, business card, etc.) for review. They are also invited to bring 1-2 example of their actual work that they want to be showing or selling.The workshop is open to artists at all career levels.

Biography

Eli Vandenberg is a Manager of Creative Employment Services at Community Integrated Services, a social service agency providing employment support for adults with disabilities. He has been with Community Integrated Services since June of 2014. He received his BFA in Printmaking from Arcadia University and his MFA in Printmaking from Pratt Institute, NY. Prior to his time at Community Integrated Services, Eli was director of sales and social media at The Print Center where he oversaw a diverse group of artists and art objects and worked on a number of successful programs including Out Loud: Artists Books Performed and SHOP: Art, Commerce and the Printed Image. He has placed work in a number of important public collections including the Block Museum of Art The Free Library of Philadelphia; The Samuel L. Paley Library, Temple University; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. In addition to his activities at The Print Center, Vandenberg is on the Board of Directors of the Leeway Foundation, has advised other organizations on social media strategies, participated on the William Way Community Center's Art Gallery Committee and regularly exhibits his own work.